Characteristics of children who survived beyond 30 days of life and children who died (by cause of death and age at death) in England and Sweden

Live births

All deaths at 31–364 days

All deaths at 1–4 years

RTI-related deaths at 31–364 days

RTI-related deaths at 1–4 years

SUDIs at 31–364 days

England (n=3 928 483)

Sweden (n=1 012 682)

England (n=4768)

Sweden (n=774)

England (n=2223)

Sweden (n=476)

England (n=768)

Sweden (n=131)

England (n=691)

Sweden (n=118)

England (n=1166)

Sweden (n=189)

Birth weight (g)

<1500

26 221 (0.67)

4646 (0.46)

863 (18)

112 (14)

107 (4.8)

14 (2.9)

76 (9.9)

13 (9.9)

37 (5.4)

6 (5.1)

53 (4.5)

17 (9)

1500–2499

189 481 (4.8)

25 674 (2.5)

918 (19)

126 (16)

306 (14)

47 (9.9)

172 (22)

30 (23)

109 (16)

18 (15)

197 (17)

15 (7.9)

2500–3499

2 089 095 (53)

428 894 (42)

2198 (46)

332 (43)

1217 (55)

216 (45)

396 (52)

49 (37)

387 (56)

52 (44)

651 (56)

92 (49)

≥3500

1 623 686 (41)

553 468 (55)

789 (17)

204 (26)

593 (27)

199 (42)

124 (16)

39 (30)

158 (23)

42 (36)

265 (23)

65 (34)

Gestational age (weeks)

24–34

85 340 (2.2)

17 616 (1.7)

1155 (24)

158 (20)

169 (7.6)

34 (7.1)

133 (17)

25 (19)

55 (8)

13 (11)

119 (10)

22 (12)

35–36

136 681 (3.5)

30 220 (3)

433 (9.1)

77 (9.9)

144 (6.5)

28 (5.9)

75 (9.8)

10 (7.6)

51 (7.4)

11 (9.3)

116 (9.9)

16 (8.5)

37–38

726 161 (18)

191 005 (19)

1088 (23)

182 (24)

516 (23)

101 (21)

183 (24)

33 (25)

184 (27)

23 (19)

291 (25)

45 (24)

≥39

2 980 301 (76)

773 841 (76)

2092 (44)

357 (46)

1394 (63)

313 (66)

377 (49)

63 (48)

401 (58)

71 (60)

640 (55)

106 (56)

Baby’s sex

Boy

2 014 198 (51)

520 597 (51)

2731 (57)

437 (56)

1202 (54)

260 (55)

416 (54)

76 (58)

367 (53)

66 (56)

734 (63)

117 (62)

Girl

1 914 285 (49)

492 085 (49)

2037 (43)

337 (44)

1021 (46)

216 (45)

352 (46)

55 (42)

324 (47)

52 (44)

432 (37)

72 (38)

Congenital anomalies

No

3 815 315 (97)

988 298 (98)

2626 (55)

456 (59)

1386 (62)

358 (75)

370 (48)

72 (55)

347 (50)

75 (64)

1117 (96)

165 (87)

Yes

113 168 (2.9)

24 384 (2.4)

2142 (45)

318 (41)

837 (38)

118 (25)

398 (52)

59 (45)

344 (50)

43 (36)

49 (4.2)

24 (13)

Chronic condition (diagnosed throughout infancy)

No

3 753 493 (96)

985 057 (97)

1132 (51)

265 (56)

241 (35)

51 (43)

Yes

174 990 (4.5)

27 625 (2.7)

1091 (49)

221 (44)

450 (65)

67 (57)

Maternal age (years)

<20

241 111 (6.1)

16 149 (1.6)

552 (12)

34 (4.4)

189 (8.5)

16 (3.4)

70 (9.1)

8 (6.1)

51 (7.4)

3 (2.5)

222 (19)

12 (6.3)

20–24

757 667 (19)

129 130 (13)

1152 (24)

145 (19)

553 (25)

73 (15)

179 (23)

28 (21)

163 (24)

16 (14)

358 (31)

48 (25)

25–29

1 063 293 (27)

295 730 (29)

1209 (25)

222 (29)

571 (26)

131 (28)

210 (27)

42 (32)

178 (26)

32 (27)

282 (24)

55 (29)

30–34

1 109 174 (28)

356 128 (35)

1063 (22)

212 (27)

555 (25)

156 (33)

168 (22)

31 (24)

187 (27)

45 (38)

176 (15)

44 (23)

≥35

757 238 (19)

215 545 (21)

792 (17)

161 (21)

355 (16)

100 (21)

141 (18)

22 (17)

112 (16)

22 (19)

128 (11)

30 (16)

Quintile of socioeconomic status

Q1: most deprived

851 119 (22)

201 434 (20)

1534 (32)

239 (31)

627 (28)

115 (24)

247 (32)

51 (39)

201 (29)

29 (25)

393 (34)

69 (37)

Q2

803 435 (20)

200 305 (20)

1185 (25)

162 (21)

489 (22)

114 (24)

197 (26)

27 (21)

145 (21)

23 (19)

315 (27)

42 (22)

Q3

767 678 (20)

202 580 (20)

813 (17)

105 (14)

422 (19)

94 (20)

132 (17)

13 (9.9)

126 (18)

27 (23)

209 (18)

22 (12)

Q4

762 378 (19)

204 117 (20)

700 (15)

127 (16)

366 (16)

85 (18)

110 (14)

20 (15)

108 (16)

20 (17)

162 (14)

26 (14)

Q5: least deprived

743 873 (19)

204 246 (20)

536 (11)

141 (18)

319 (14)

68 (14)

82 (11)

20 (15)

111 (16)

19 (16)

87 (7.5)

30 (16)

Data are number (%) of children who survived beyond 30 days of life, of all deaths, of RTI-related deaths at 31–364 days and at 1–4 years, and of SUDIs at 31–364 days. Column total may not add up to 100% due to rounding.